Japanese Stones

Originally this dish was technique-based rather than actually about the stones, their meaning or their purpose in the context of Sepia. The idea was to make a dessert that looked like a boulder, a rock, or, in fact, a stone.

It was January of 2011 when, during a brief break from the restaurant, I first began thinking about the idea and how I could possibly make it come to fruition. But, like many of my ideas, it sat in the back of my mind, waiting for an ingredient or a technique to